Sagrada Familia in Barcelona: Still under construction 100 years after work began on it. (Photo via Creative Commons/Wikimedia by Katonams) IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, generations of artisans worked on grand ...
To continue to pretend like our schools are better than they really are is a disservice to students, teachers, families, and ...
THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL were inseparable when lawmakers buckled in for the first round of their review of nearly a dozen ballot questions and found themselves, once again, butting heads with a ...
Campaign finance records paint a more nuanced picture of who's backing the measure, and color the Bay State as the next front ...
Gov. Maura Healey will head into Election Day with a high-spending opponent, an affordability crisis still raging, and few of her campaign season wish-list items fulfilled by fellow Democrats in the ...
An early-October burst of spending by opponents of an attempt to eliminate the recreational marijuana industry has pushed the total amount spent on that measure (Question 8) to nearly $6.5 million.
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Smaller lots reduce land cost, so they should produce less expensive homes. Sometimes they do. But smaller lots do not ...
IN AUGUST 1960, amid catastrophic population loss and the prospect of vast amounts of federal aid, State House leaders and then-Mayor John Collins struck a deal exempting Boston from most ...
Massachusetts isn’t alone in the rising share of households facing energy insecurity around the country, yet the state, as ...
There appears to be little appetite among many in law enforcement for returning to the enforcement practices of the past. Police already face considerable demands on their time and resources, and ...
Welcome back to CommonWealth Beacon‘s Election 2026 newsletter run. There is a lot to sort through before you head to the polls on November 3, and much of the space on your ballot will be dedicated to ...
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